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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Vancouver, Canada
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Vancouver (CYVR / YVR)
YVR (IATA) · CYVR (ICAO)
Our kitchen holds a wide-body reference code at Vancouver, which lets us stage full three-cabin uplifts for the largest scheduled and charter aircraft working this coast. Inflight catering here moves by hi-loader to galley height, sealed from our kitchen to the stand, with in-flight catering and wide-body uplift run off one ramp-cleared ops desk, airside.
3,505 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
3
Runways
3
FBOs on station
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VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
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24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
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Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Vancouver
Wide-body aviation catering at CYVR
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Vancouver
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Vancouver, Canada
Our flight kitchen treats the run to the stand at Vancouver as a measured sequence, not an estimate: each catering uplift is sealed, logged and cleared before the hi-loader moves. Ramp access is held on our own badges rather than negotiated at the gate, which keeps the apron crossing inside the same window every rotation. What changes station to station is the route; what does not is the record kept of it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at CYVR sit screening, an escorted apron crossing and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp, and none of them are the part we leave to chance: the galley catering plan is built against the worst version of that crossing, not the best. A catering uplift for Vancouver is staged, screened and released on a schedule that assumes delay before it assumes speed, so the loader is already committed by the time a hold-up would matter. Every cart carries a temperature reading taken at sealing and a second one taken at handover, and a single name signs for the load at both ends, which is what closes the chain of custody rather than a form filed afterwards.
One name carries the seal from our kitchen door to the aircraft's galley.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Vancouver (YVR) departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for CYVR / YVR
Vancouver's wide-body reference code means the aircraft on this field can take a full three-cabin load in one lift, and our kitchen is built to match that scale rather than trim to it. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell sit under one roof, run to HACCP, so a delegation manifest and a scheduled rotation are worked side by side without either slowing the other. Airport catering at CYVR and airport catering in Canada both draw on the same cold chain and the same flight kitchen at YVR, so a diversion lands on no less capacity than a booked rotation.
The team that handles government flight catering at YVR is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned by whoever is free that shift. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a manifest is confirmed, trained to the household service standards a protocol officer expects rather than to a generic checklist. Catering at YVR for state and royal work is therefore signed by people the desk already knows, not by whoever is rostered that day.
Halal airline meals and special meals at CYVR
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Vancouver
The specification for Vancouver moves with the cabin it is written for, the mission it supports and the season the produce is drawn from, rather than following one fixed set across every flight. Inflight catering here draws on the region's coastal fish, orchard fruit and dairy as a general frame, adapted rather than fixed, so a First cabin menu and a crew tray set are written from the same seasonal base but plated to different standards. VIP flight menus and charter flight menus are built from the same kitchen and the same specification library, which keeps a late change to a mission profile a matter of substitution rather than a rewrite. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that written record rather than assumed from the booking class.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Vancouver are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed set list, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for a confirmed rotation. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the aircraft, so a repeat movement through CYVR is served to the same record each time, not re-briefed from scratch.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Vancouver run multi-choice hot service to a written cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals at YVR and cabin crew meals travel in the same production run, with pilot meals boxed separately to the roster, and crew meals at CYVR follow the same cold chain as the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at CYVR is documented per passenger before it reaches the kitchen: household, religious and medical requirements are logged against the manifest, not inferred at the galley door. Halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line at Vancouver and sealed before that line's output joins the main load, with inflight catering for every documented set traceable back to the same record.
The three books
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Royal & Government Flights
Royal households · government · state operations
- Plated service · First to main cabin
- Protocol handling · security clearance
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Charter & Commercial
Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc
- 400 passengers · one uplift
- HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
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Private Jet
Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments
- From 8 covers · plated forward
- Reheat sequence specified per dish
Compliance
HACCP and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at CYVR / YVR
HACCP
HACCP cold chain
Produced in our own certified kitchens, temperature logged end to end.
Clearance
Cleared personnel
Security-cleared staff, badged airside vehicles, escorted where the stand requires it.
Custody
Sealed chain of custody
Carts sealed at the kitchen, seals verified and handovers signed at the aircraft.
Allergens
Documented allergen sets
Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented per uplift and per passenger.
Flight catering airside delivery at Vancouver (YVR)
Vancouver carries scheduled wide-body, charter and government traffic across three runways, and that mix sets three different problems for catering rather than one: a delegation is a documentation problem before it is a food problem, a bank of wide-body departures is a capacity problem, and a repeat charter rotation is a problem of getting the same tray right every time. Airline catering and aviation catering at YVR are planned to whichever of those three is in front of the desk that day, not to a single generic profile.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, staged from our kitchen and escorted across the ramp to the stand rather than handed off at the foot of the steps, with in-flight catering and inflight catering at Vancouver run off the same loading plan regardless of which cabin configuration is boarding. Airport catering in Vancouver is worked stand by stand, with our own crews holding ramp access on their own credentials rather than waiting on a shared escort.
What we commit to at CYVR is one coordinator per rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen door, and a signed handover at the aircraft, whatever the traffic mix on the ramp that day.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at CYVR
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Government and state flight catering at CYVR
A head of state aircraft on a wide-body stand at Vancouver is boarded under the same reference code as a scheduled widebody, which is what lets government flight catering here scale to a full three-cabin delegation rather than a single VIP compartment. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared and on the access list, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves our kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at YVR
Across a 3505 metre runway, private airliners including BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft operate alongside scheduled traffic at Vancouver without a separate movement category. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against that same record on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Vancouver
A 3505 metre runway at Vancouver keeps ACMI and wet-lease aircraft on the same wide-body stands as scheduled long-haul traffic, so a loading plan has to sequence charter and revenue rotations rather than favour one over the other. Charter flight catering here covers group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift, and charter flight catering at YVR is counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CYVR
Vancouver's wide-body reference code puts scheduled long-haul aircraft on the same stands used for ad hoc and diversion work, so the ramp plan already assumes both kinds of movement rather than treating one as an exception. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG covered on the same rotation and crew meals at Vancouver boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg schedule.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at YVR
Vancouver's runway runs to 3505 metres, which keeps business aviation working the same ramp infrastructure as scheduled wide-body traffic rather than a separate corner of the field. Private jet catering at YVR is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal by our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as business aviation catering and business jet catering for a scheduled airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Vancouver
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Inflight catering trusted by operators at Vancouver airport
Flight departments on jet catering at YVR
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Vancouver (YVR/CYVR), so we needed reliable diversion catering. Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Anthony — Executive Flight Manager
“We needed outstation catering for a flight through Vancouver (YVR/CYVR) and the process was much easier than expected. Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Mariam — Mission Planning Officer
“For our flight at Vancouver (YVR/CYVR), we needed a quick airline catering cost before confirming the order. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Elif — Duty Operations Manager
Outstation catering data for Vancouver (CYVR / YVR)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,505 m |
| Runways | 3 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | CYVR |
Airline catering services FAQ for CYVR
Diversion catering and ramp questions at CYVR
What operations gets asked every week about Vancouver.
Ask operations directly →Which factors decide airline catering cost in Vancouver?
The loader, the cart configuration and the route from our kitchen to the stand set the baseline, then cabin count, specification and the loading window adjust it. We publish no fixed price list; the desk reviews the rotation and returns a quotation against it.
When is VIP flight catering handled under government protocol at Vancouver Airport?
Once a movement is flagged as a state or royal rotation, VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run under the same protocol file, documented per passenger before the manifest is confirmed. That file, not the booking class, decides who is cleared to handle the load.
Are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at YVR?
The protocol coordinator logs every halal, kosher and SPML request against the passenger manifest before production starts. Special meals are produced on a separate line at our kitchen and sealed before joining the main cart run.
Where is private jet catering delivered on the field at CYVR?
The handover record shows delivery direct to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal, on the same cold chain as an airline uplift. FBO catering at Vancouver carries the same seal and signature as a scheduled wide-body load.
Does Vancouver allow a late change to a catering specification?
Every cabin count and every galley note is locked to a lead time that runs from confirmed order to loading window, and how far in advance that window opens depends on the rotation. Last minute airline catering is worked where the schedule allows it, agreed directly with the desk rather than assumed.
What does airside delivery look like at Vancouver Airport?
We move every catering uplift by hi-loader from our kitchen to galley height, never left at the foot of the aircraft. Airside delivery at Vancouver runs on our own ramp badges, sealed from kitchen door to signed handover.
Inflight catering at other airports near Vancouver
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Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Vancouver (YVR)